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[laughter] for the last three years no one has been talking by the united states senate. gerri: it's like they're under some witness protection program. they don't do a budget. they don't write a budget, they don't vote on the budget. the republins took them into putting obama's budget out and then they voted against it. they haven't put together a budget because they cannot reelect the democrat majority of the senate in 2024. if everyone of those senators had actually stake out a position as being in favor of obama and his taxes and spending. gerri: i don't understand why people aren't marching on the hill. i really don't. this is what we hired them for, to iron out these differences, and no one is doing the job. let's take a look at the numbers for folks that are married. if you make $50,000 per year, you'll pay an additional $2000 in taxes. if you pay $100,000, an additional $446 in taxes. the list goes on. you make it to make a million dollars, an additional $50,000 in taxes. this will cause people to reinve the way th lived day-to-day. i don't see why people are upse
[laughter] for the last three years no one has been talking by the united states senate. gerri: it's like they're under some witness protection program. they don't do a budget. they don't write a budget, they don't vote on the budget. the republins took them into putting obama's budget out and then they voted against it. they haven't put together a budget because they cannot reelect the democrat majority of the senate in 2024. if everyone of those senators had actually stake out a position as...
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states senate in 2014. >> booker is active in the community, rescuing people from fires, digging them out of snow banks, all on twitter, and even living on food stamps for a week. >>> that's going to wrap things up for me. thanks for your time. see you back here tomorrow, 11:00 a.m. coverage. we also have dnc chair congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz republican congressman tom pole, florida congressman-elect. he says he will not sign the grover norquist pledge. dennis van roekel, and karen finney and michael steele. don't go anywhere, though. a great show is coming up next. "now" with alex wagner, and we will say merry cliff-mas. >> i'm say merry christmas and merry cliff-mas. >> every second counts, thomas. every second counts. merry cliff-mas to you, my friend. >> thank you. >> are we any closer to a merry cliff-mas, or is a republican caucus packing a stocking full of coal? the house gets set to vote on plan b, speaker john boehner struggles to shimy down the chimney with a deal. we'll have a discussion with luke russert, megan mccartel and -- plus, who better than joe? we will
states senate in 2014. >> booker is active in the community, rescuing people from fires, digging them out of snow banks, all on twitter, and even living on food stamps for a week. >>> that's going to wrap things up for me. thanks for your time. see you back here tomorrow, 11:00 a.m. coverage. we also have dnc chair congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz republican congressman tom pole, florida congressman-elect. he says he will not sign the grover norquist pledge. dennis van...
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there is still by the way tonight no answers when united states failed to act once the 9/11 terrorist attack in benghazi began. the senator addressed that very issue today with two of justice department's top officials. >> look at those people through the front gate, with the take that long had indeed they responded to it immediately. looking at film, it is a lot more sterile and actually being there on the ground at the time but when people are coming through the front gate, it is time to do something about it. virtually everybody was in. lou: deputy secretary of state today admitted there were memoranda that went to secretary hillary clinton's office. describing the dozens of security incidents in the region before the benghazi terrorist attack claimant for american lives. joining us, member of the senate foreign relations committee says that here he explains exactly why secretary clinton needs to testify. good to have you with us. this is remarkable as i understand the testimony secretary clinton was in receipt of the most telling her what was going on, what was transpiring as to t
there is still by the way tonight no answers when united states failed to act once the 9/11 terrorist attack in benghazi began. the senator addressed that very issue today with two of justice department's top officials. >> look at those people through the front gate, with the take that long had indeed they responded to it immediately. looking at film, it is a lot more sterile and actually being there on the ground at the time but when people are coming through the front gate, it is time...
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there are members of the united states senate and united states house who have signed those pledges. and let me say, i mean, we're talking about taxes and that's the norquist pledge. you know, but supporters of other positions on immigration, a lot of different issues, when you're running for office ask you to sign a pledge, sign a pledge that you will support this, sign a pledge that you -- you know, the right thing for a member of congress to say is, "you know the way i think. you know what my values are. i will look at the issues through that lens. you know, but, you know, the oath of office i take says that my job is to serve the country and the constitution. and, you know, i'm not going to sign any pledges. i'm just going to take the oath of office." >> nonetheless, for the benefit of our viewers, consider these figures. in the last congress, the congress presently leaving washington, 238 representatives and 41 senators signed the norquist pledge. that's a total of 279. in the new incoming congress, 219 representatives and 39 senators signed it, a total of 258. that's a little o
there are members of the united states senate and united states house who have signed those pledges. and let me say, i mean, we're talking about taxes and that's the norquist pledge. you know, but supporters of other positions on immigration, a lot of different issues, when you're running for office ask you to sign a pledge, sign a pledge that you will support this, sign a pledge that you -- you know, the right thing for a member of congress to say is, "you know the way i think. you know...
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states senate, and signed by the president of the united states. that will require what we haven't seen in this republican majority, the willingness to compromise and be reasonable and make sure the math works. >> but congressman, how much farther can the democrats go? aren't the democrats bound by the success of the obama team in the election and the number of seats that were picked up by the house and the number of seats in the pickup in the senate and two seats by the democrats? aren't you bound by the election results not to give in anymore? the president has reduced the price a couple of times. he also put social security on the table, which was something i think you said wasn't going to happen. so how much more can the democrats give? >> ed, i don't think there's much more to give. i think the president, you're correct, has come a long way toward trying reach a balanced bipartisan agreement with speaker boehner. the problem speaker boehner has, as is self-evident from the debacle that occurred tonight where the republican conference is deeply
states senate, and signed by the president of the united states. that will require what we haven't seen in this republican majority, the willingness to compromise and be reasonable and make sure the math works. >> but congressman, how much farther can the democrats go? aren't the democrats bound by the success of the obama team in the election and the number of seats that were picked up by the house and the number of seats in the pickup in the senate and two seats by the democrats? aren't...
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i don't want them to go up on anybody but i'm not in the majority in the united states senate and he's the president of the united states. if we get down to the end and the only choice is to save taxes going up on the middle class, i would support that but i wish we would have a comprehensive bill that dealt with spending, entitlements and taxes altogether. >> is that still realistic with time running short? >> it's not real list tick but it was realistic december 1st. it's time for us to get down to work and do the people's business. >> senator klobuchar, you saerd senator isakson support a bill like that. is that what you expect your leader, senator reid, to bring to the floor? >> we have already passed that in the senate, as you know, george, for keeping the tax cuts in place for the middle class, people making under 250,000 a year and as you know, if we go back to the clinton levels where people making over 250,000 we literally save a trillion dollars in ten years but i will say, johnny isakson is a guy i like a lot. you can see his willingness to talk about things in the middle is
i don't want them to go up on anybody but i'm not in the majority in the united states senate and he's the president of the united states. if we get down to the end and the only choice is to save taxes going up on the middle class, i would support that but i wish we would have a comprehensive bill that dealt with spending, entitlements and taxes altogether. >> is that still realistic with time running short? >> it's not real list tick but it was realistic december 1st. it's time for...
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i would really love to see her join the ranks of the united states senate and get rid of scott brown. 1-866-55-press. >> real people living real lives in new york city. >> we've been threatened with the cutting of hours. we've been threatened with losing our jobs. if i lose my job than to stay there and be belittled. >> jennifer: last week, hundreds of fast food workers took to the streets of new york to demand a living wage. workers from mcdonald's, burger king, wendy's, taco bell, other major fast food chains all walked out. and they called for the minimum wage to be raised to $15 an hour. for the right to unionize without interference. they would be a powerful force. fast food workers are the fourth largest occupation in the country! they earn on average about $18,000 a year. for full time. that's roughly the poverty level for a family of three. at the same time, these big chains are reporting record profits. and the issue underscores a fundamental, moral question. will we build an economy that pays workers enough to support a family or will we use the government to subsidize peopl
i would really love to see her join the ranks of the united states senate and get rid of scott brown. 1-866-55-press. >> real people living real lives in new york city. >> we've been threatened with the cutting of hours. we've been threatened with losing our jobs. if i lose my job than to stay there and be belittled. >> jennifer: last week, hundreds of fast food workers took to the streets of new york to demand a living wage. workers from mcdonald's, burger king, wendy's, taco...
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at some point united states senate has to do something. what we were trying to do this week was basically jumpstart, kick into gear some action by the senate to of her these tax increases going into effect january 1st. >> with all due respect, what impact do you think bringing up a bipartisan grand bargain you construct with president obaaa would have on the future of your speakership? >> at some point we are going to have to address the spending problem that we have. we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth. many of us believe on both sides of the aisle the fundamental reform of our tax code will help us get our economy moving faster and put more americans back to work and more americans -- how we get there domino's. all i am talking about is our team here are committed to working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the capital and the white house to address this. >> last week i asked you if you were concerned about losing the speakership and use it you were not. in light of what happened last
at some point united states senate has to do something. what we were trying to do this week was basically jumpstart, kick into gear some action by the senate to of her these tax increases going into effect january 1st. >> with all due respect, what impact do you think bringing up a bipartisan grand bargain you construct with president obaaa would have on the future of your speakership? >> at some point we are going to have to address the spending problem that we have. we can't cut...
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and the good thing about this meeting is that the focus is now firmly on the united states senate where it should have been all these months. the house acted a long time ago to extend all the tax cuts and take care of sequestration. the senate has given speeches. >> you're referring to the fact that revenue issues are supposed to generate in the house. right now, both speaker boehner and the president say it's between reid and mcconnell which does raise the question, whatever procedural and constitutional issues, which are profound. are you concerned as a republican, someone who is close to speaker boehner, if we go over the fiscal cliff, that republicans will get the blame? >> well, of course they will. because republicans get blamed if it rains if washington. that shouldn't be the test here, it shouldn't be the consideration. but senator reid has had it within his power since spring to amend the house bill and send it back with whatever changes he wanted. that's what the constitution says. sadly, they've given speeches instead of getting the job done. but nobody, nobody wants taxes to
and the good thing about this meeting is that the focus is now firmly on the united states senate where it should have been all these months. the house acted a long time ago to extend all the tax cuts and take care of sequestration. the senate has given speeches. >> you're referring to the fact that revenue issues are supposed to generate in the house. right now, both speaker boehner and the president say it's between reid and mcconnell which does raise the question, whatever procedural...
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states senate pat tomby, rand paul, mike lee, marco rubio, jeff flake, ron johnson, ted cruz. we had not have a republican establishment that worries that conservatives might actually primary them. de menthe also had backed candidates who went on to lose their general elections. richard mourdock in indiana, christine o'donnell in delaware, ken buck out in colorado. bob, i'm going to back to this again. when the chief ramrod of the rift wing senate candidates leaves the post, who would replace him? how is this good news for the right? >> look, i'm not saying whether it's good news or bad news, i'm tell you what i think his calculation is. his calculation is he can be more of a free agent. i think he will get very involved in primaries, he will push hard right issues. i wish him well because the candidates e succeeded in nominating have quite often lost winnable seats. the notion for example that ted cruz -- the republicans were going to win that seat and it was going to be a conservative republican, but there are at least five senate seats and probably control of the senate tha
states senate pat tomby, rand paul, mike lee, marco rubio, jeff flake, ron johnson, ted cruz. we had not have a republican establishment that worries that conservatives might actually primary them. de menthe also had backed candidates who went on to lose their general elections. richard mourdock in indiana, christine o'donnell in delaware, ken buck out in colorado. bob, i'm going to back to this again. when the chief ramrod of the rift wing senate candidates leaves the post, who would replace...
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senator, i have to say, i think that you are only speaking for the united states senate today. that may be true. i don't feel like i see that in the white house or the house right now. that there really does seem to be more of a hardening there. is that what you see? >> well, i do see the posturing certainly, which i think, chuck, you kind of expect in a negotiation. you set your standards here. but your point is right. in the house it's not quite the same as the senate because in the senate there's more freedom. your enemy today is the friend tomorrow. and so you don't make real enemies. but on the house side, because the minority has so few rights, there is kind of a different mentality over there which makes it hard and people do get harder positions, i think, there because of that. >> all right. let's talk about what's going on. i know there's a lot of you and other senators are frustrated. you are watching what's going on in the house. what's going nonthe white house and thinking, the senate at some point has to also deal with a plan b if nothing else happens. what is the
senator, i have to say, i think that you are only speaking for the united states senate today. that may be true. i don't feel like i see that in the white house or the house right now. that there really does seem to be more of a hardening there. is that what you see? >> well, i do see the posturing certainly, which i think, chuck, you kind of expect in a negotiation. you set your standards here. but your point is right. in the house it's not quite the same as the senate because in the...
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he is the president of united states who is responsibility for figuring how to solve our problems who is not offered a single serious cost consulting measure. tell me what you think barack obama is going to go to the house and senate democrats and say i need a yes vote on this. instead of dealing with the fact that the president of the united states is once again totally failing to provide leadership, the president has gotten us worried about whether grover norquist defines the republican party. as we know, if we are not worthy of the news media's respect and love we are a party that disappear. listen to the tone of the language when you watch the morning joe or, you know, "fox & friends." are often the whole thing and i want to make two points and the norquist. he did something important. he came up with the idea a no tax increase pledge as a way of drawing a line in the sand. let me be clear about my background. i voted under the tax increase in reagan. i say this in the reagan library. i voted against the tax increase of george h. w. bush. when i thought it was a disaster. when he
he is the president of united states who is responsibility for figuring how to solve our problems who is not offered a single serious cost consulting measure. tell me what you think barack obama is going to go to the house and senate democrats and say i need a yes vote on this. instead of dealing with the fact that the president of the united states is once again totally failing to provide leadership, the president has gotten us worried about whether grover norquist defines the republican...
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states. >> first of all, let's be serious. you know better than that. the pledge that congressmen and senators, governors, state legislators, take is to the american people. i know harry reid plays games and says me but you shouldn't do that. you're better than that. >> grover, answer my question. don't play games right now. will you -- do you think that they should actually vote -- >> i'll answer -- >> -- do you -- >> i will answer your question. we just had to take off the question the nonsense attack that i expect from harry reid. i will call mr. boehner tomorrow shortly after i call harry reid and ask him to make sure that the senate rules will allow open debate and open amendment and that he won't play games as he's been doing for the last four years, and when harry agrees to that, i will call boehner and ask him to alter house rules. >> okay. >> i'll make similar phone calls. i don't know if john boehner will take my call but i will make a similar phone call. >> you're calling reid as well? >> oh, yes, absolutely. >> oka
states. >> first of all, let's be serious. you know better than that. the pledge that congressmen and senators, governors, state legislators, take is to the american people. i know harry reid plays games and says me but you shouldn't do that. you're better than that. >> grover, answer my question. don't play games right now. will you -- do you think that they should actually vote -- >> i'll answer -- >> -- do you -- >> i will answer your question. we just had to...
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their representatives in the congress of the united states, unlike the united states senate, did not go back to work and have not gone back to work, and that, correctly, is concerning our people. we have four days to avert a crisis that could harm our fragile recovery, cost us a credit downgrade, and impose arbitrary spending cuts that will undermine our national security and slash programs for the vulnerable. i hope the speaker and his republican party will be here with democrats, working to finish the task before us in reaching an agreement to avert the fiscal cliff. democrats are ready to work and, yes, ready to compromise. we understand we will not get it all our way. the legislative process is about compromise. democracy is about compromise. we have not done much of that this year, and frankly this house has been an extraordinarily partisan house where we passed legislation after legislation which the leadership knew it would not be adopted by the senate and the president would veto it. that has not been a constructive experience for the house or a constructive experience for am
their representatives in the congress of the united states, unlike the united states senate, did not go back to work and have not gone back to work, and that, correctly, is concerning our people. we have four days to avert a crisis that could harm our fragile recovery, cost us a credit downgrade, and impose arbitrary spending cuts that will undermine our national security and slash programs for the vulnerable. i hope the speaker and his republican party will be here with democrats, working to...
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my goal is to get to an agreement with the president of the united states that addresses this problem. >> do you think that the closer you get to the deadline, you might actually get what you want? >> i have no idea. >> mr. speaker, in the senate, he made it pretty clear that he agrees with the president had the authority to do that unilaterally. if he does that does that enforce -- >> do you think that senator reid or then senator obama would have ever given to george w. bush the unlimited ability to raise the debt limit? >> they're talking about doing it now. >> i know they're talking about doing it now. do you think there's any chance that senator reid or then senator obama would have done that? zero. congress has never going to give up our ability to control the purse. and the fact is, that the debt limit ought to be used to bring fiscal sanity to washington, d.c. >> last question. >> mr. speaker, i'll ask you the supreme court, as you know, house republicans -- a $1.5 million prospect, according to house democrats that cost cut has been reached. do you support the idea of raising
my goal is to get to an agreement with the president of the united states that addresses this problem. >> do you think that the closer you get to the deadline, you might actually get what you want? >> i have no idea. >> mr. speaker, in the senate, he made it pretty clear that he agrees with the president had the authority to do that unilaterally. if he does that does that enforce -- >> do you think that senator reid or then senator obama would have ever given to george...
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states senator? >> there's no question about it. >> in case you need a little refresher course, jim demint has been one of the most prominent voices of the tea party movement over the last four years. he led the charge to defeat obama care. >> if we're able to stop obama on this, it will be his waterloo. it will break him and we will show that we can, along with the american people, begin to push those freedom solutions that work in every area of our society. >> and demint is an outspoken opponent of labor unions and workers rights. >> i don't believe collective bargaining has any place in government. >> including at a federal level? >> including at the federal level. that's what elections are. collective bargaining. >> house democratic leader nancy pelosi pointed out jim demint was one of the ringleaders in voting down the u.n. treaty for people with disabilities this week. >> that was one of the saddest days, so anyone who was a party to that, well, i wish them well wherever they are going and hope
states senator? >> there's no question about it. >> in case you need a little refresher course, jim demint has been one of the most prominent voices of the tea party movement over the last four years. he led the charge to defeat obama care. >> if we're able to stop obama on this, it will be his waterloo. it will break him and we will show that we can, along with the american people, begin to push those freedom solutions that work in every area of our society. >> and...
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wyden's leadership right here in the united states senate. i now have the great privilege to serve on the senate intelligence committee with senator wyden, and i have to admit from the position i now have that i'm viewing the fisa amendments act through a different lens. as a member of that committee, i've learned a great deal more about our pos post-9/11 surveile laws and how he have they've been implemented. in the course of my two years on the committee, i have determined that there are reforms that need to be made to the fisa amendments act before we renew it into law. as we prepare to renew the fisa amendments act for the sirs time since 2008, it is important that we take this imto address several flaws that have become apparent to me and a number of our colleagues. fofortunately, the sunset provision in the original bill effectively provides us with that opportunity, so that today we can ensure that the statute still tracks with our foreign intelligence requirements and the interests of the american people. in addition to remain an effe
wyden's leadership right here in the united states senate. i now have the great privilege to serve on the senate intelligence committee with senator wyden, and i have to admit from the position i now have that i'm viewing the fisa amendments act through a different lens. as a member of that committee, i've learned a great deal more about our pos post-9/11 surveile laws and how he have they've been implemented. in the course of my two years on the committee, i have determined that there are...
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i would really love to see her join the ranks of the united states senate and get rid of scott brown. 1-866-55-press. ♪ >> sorry if it seems forward, but i had to give that -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. . >> -- the test drive, and let me say, wow. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: thank you. thank you very much. i am a smooth drive. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. ed in houston you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi ed. >> caller: good morning, miss miller, and good morning to the guys. >> hello. >> good morning. >> caller: my question as i presented to t-bone was why don't we just go ahead and allow the trigger to fall into effect? why don't we say okay you guys don't want to make a deal fine. we'll go back to the clinton era, which will happen at the beginning of the year. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: and i mean also other people in the lower-income brackets will have to pay more, but i think we're willing to do that. >> stephanie: i don't think it's a preferable thing to go off of the cliff, but the more and more you see republicans have not changed
i would really love to see her join the ranks of the united states senate and get rid of scott brown. 1-866-55-press. ♪ >> sorry if it seems forward, but i had to give that -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. . >> -- the test drive, and let me say, wow. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: thank you. thank you very much. i am a smooth drive. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. ed in houston you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi ed. >>...
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instead of dealing with the fact that the president of the united states is once again totally failing to provide leadership, the president has cleverly gotten us worried about whether grover norquist now defines the republican party. because as we all know, if we are not worthy of the news media's respect and love -- [laughter] we are a party that will disappear. i mean, just listen to the tone of the language when you watch morning joe or you watch, you know, even fox and friends are off on this whole. shtick. and grover did something very important. he came up with the idea of a no-tax increase pledge as a way of drawing a line in the sand. i voted against the tax increases under reagan -- i say this in the reagan library -- i voted against the tax increase of george h.w. bush which i think was a disaster and a fundamental mistake, and when we balanced the budget for four straight years, the only time in your lifetime, we did it by cutting taxes to accelerate economic growth. so i clearly represent a different view. [applause] but i have no problem if somebody wants to break their n
instead of dealing with the fact that the president of the united states is once again totally failing to provide leadership, the president has cleverly gotten us worried about whether grover norquist now defines the republican party. because as we all know, if we are not worthy of the news media's respect and love -- [laughter] we are a party that will disappear. i mean, just listen to the tone of the language when you watch morning joe or you watch, you know, even fox and friends are off on...
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hansen and other scientists are still striving to convince much of the united states that basic scientific observation -- seas are rising, glaciers are disappearing, floods are increasing. humans are the cause. about half of americans now accept that fact, 40% do not, according to gallup. over the next hour, we will discuss climate science communication, public policy and opinion, with james hansen and our live audience here at the commonwealth club of california in san francisco. today, dr. hansen is receiving the 2012 stephen schneider award for outstanding climate science communication bestowed by climate one. stephen schneider was a pioneering scientist at stanford who was involved in the formation of climate one that which is a sustainability initiative at the commonwealth club. so please welcome, dr. hansen to climate one. [applause] dr. hansen, welcome back. it's been two years since you were here. i'd like to begin with hurricane sandy. you are a teacher at columbia, you live in manhattan, where were you when sandy was approaching and when sandy hit new york? >> i was on our farm i
hansen and other scientists are still striving to convince much of the united states that basic scientific observation -- seas are rising, glaciers are disappearing, floods are increasing. humans are the cause. about half of americans now accept that fact, 40% do not, according to gallup. over the next hour, we will discuss climate science communication, public policy and opinion, with james hansen and our live audience here at the commonwealth club of california in san francisco. today, dr....
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the amendment that i will be offering is sponsored by 15 members of the united states senate. it's simply -- it simply says that the director of the national intelligence agency should submit a report to the congress on the privacy impact of the fisa amendments act. this amendment would require the report to state whether any estimate has been done of hams communications have been collected under the authority and to provide any estimates that exist. i want to emphasize that this amendment would not require any entity to actually conduct such an estimate. the director would be required only to provide any estimates that have already been done and if no estimates exist, the director could say so. adeductiblely, the amendment would require the report to state whether 234eu wholly domestic communications have been collected under the fisa amendments act and whether any government agencies have ever conducted any warrantless backdoor searches. these are straightforward questions, and they're obviously relevant to understanding the scope of the law's impact on prief six and the the
the amendment that i will be offering is sponsored by 15 members of the united states senate. it's simply -- it simply says that the director of the national intelligence agency should submit a report to the congress on the privacy impact of the fisa amendments act. this amendment would require the report to state whether any estimate has been done of hams communications have been collected under the authority and to provide any estimates that exist. i want to emphasize that this amendment...